Reading binary VB file in C++.Net question 2!!

[shetlandbob]

Hi again, thanks for the help last time.

I've come across another problem, in my VB file I have a date and time which has been specified as a "Variant", however I cannot read this in to my C++ program. If I use the following:

fread ( &DateTime, sizeof(VARIANT), 1, inputResultsFile )

then the variable DateTime is recognised as a date time format but not as the correct date/time.

Thanks again for any help if you can provide it.

Cheers

 

[ArkM]

Try read MSDN about VB Variant implementation (search VARIANT).
As far as I know, OLE 2 VARIANT structure defines VB Variant too. It's a structure with fixed tag fields plus a union for variable contents...
Sorry, VB background (and foreground too is out of my scope...
Good luck!